Windshield



Patented Nev.` 7,

CARL TE. FRITZ, OF .KOKOMQ NDA'NA.

WINDSHIELD.

Applicationv filed December 31, 1920. Serial No. 434,265.

To all whom may conc-cra Be it known that l, CARL M. FRITZ, a citi- Zen of the United Q,ltates, residing at Kokome, in the county of Howard and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Vindshields, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to wind shields and is an improvement over co-pending application, Serial No. 426,269, filed November'lQl, 1920, the prime feature of the present invention being; the provision of a plurality of glass sections arranged in series and assembled together to form a complete wind shield when the Sectionsare in closed position.

A further feature ofthe invent-ion is the provision of a divisional post or bar preferably positioned at the longitudinal center ot the wind shield frame so as to divide the shield into right and left sections.

A further feature ofthe invention is the provision of clamps for mounting the sections of glass in the wind shield frame, Said clamps being arranged to remove or apply the glass without disassembling the parts of the wind shield.

A further feature of the inventionis the provision of means, in connection with the clamps, for retaining bumpers in position for engagement with the edges of the adj acent glass sections to prevent any 1attling of the sections during the travel of the automobile.

A further feature Iof rthe invention is the provision of means for rotatably mounting the clamps in the frame, means being provided for locking the sections in their adjusted positions, thereby providing ventilating openings or visual spaces through the wind shield.

@ther objects and advantages will be hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out in the accompanying specification.

ln the accompanying drawings which are made a. part of this application,

Figure l is an elevation of a wind shield ready to be applied to use,

Figure 2 is an enlargedsectional view thereof as seen on line 2-2 Figure 1 Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the manner of securing the sections of glass to the divisional post,

Figure l is a sectional view thereof as seen on line 1 -4 Figure 3, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view as seen on line 5-5 Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings in which similar yreference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, l indicates a frame which may be constructed inany preferred manner and having the usual form of posts 2 thereon for supporting parts of an automobile top. Extending vertically of the frame l and preferably at the longitudinal center thereof is a bar 8, projecting from the opposite bearing pins 4l on which edges of which are are pivotally mounted clamps 5 having sockets (S therein for the reception of the bearing plns. he clamps 5 are held in various ac justed positions by threading a bolt 7 through each bearing pin, the inner end of the bolt clamping against the adjacent portion of the socket 6 and thereby locking the clamps against further rotation.

The clamps 5 are adapted to engage the ends of the sections of glass 8 and in order to readily engage the sections of glass with the clamps without necessitating the .removal of the clamps from engagement with the parts of the frame and bar, the clamps are preferably provided with a removable section 9, a channel l0 being provided for the reception of the end lof the section of glass. one side wall of the channel being.

yformed by the removable section 9. The removable section 9 is attached to the other section of the clamp in any suitable manner as by means of screws ll, and owing to the fact that the bolts 7 are stationary, the edges of the clamps 5 adjacent the bearing pins Ll are cut out to form recesses i2, the face walls of which flare thereby permitting the clamps, together with the sections of glass carried thereby, tol have pivotal movement for a considerable distance in either direction.

. The sections of glass 8 are prevented from leaving the clamps 5 by providing an extension 13 at one end vof each section of the clamps, eachextension having its free end le bent at right-angles to pass over the edges of the section of glass 8, and as the top ledge `of each section S overlaps with'the bottom edge of the next succeeding section, the upper end of each clamp 5 has its outer section terminating below the upper end of the inner section, consequently the meeting edges of the glass will rest in close proximity lll@ position, and rain vbetween the bumper when the sections aremoved to the central bar, the sections closed position. f

The `lower set o'i.- sections Shave `a gasket 16 preferably ol' rubber clamped thereon in any suitable manner, said gasket resting on the hood or dash portion of the machine so as to exclude air, rain andthe like at these points. l

vWhen the sections otglass vare positioned as shown in lFigures l andQ, a eomparatixfely solid windv shield is provided the full width of the car, and althougli'the meeting edges of the sections ot glass overlap, yetthe vision vis not atleeted thereby.

It will urtherbe seen that by providing oit glass at one side ot the machine may be opened while those at the opposite side may remain closed and that one oi the sections oi glass maybe 'turned vto open position and so adjusted'that a visual space willbe provided, although rain and snow will be excluded from the machine, this 'feature being of importance during a rainer snow y storm.

It will further be seen that Eby forming the glass portion ot the wind shield in sections, should one section become broken zit can be very easily replaced with a new section and at a very nominal cost. 'Villen one of the sections kof glass is tobe turned `from its normal position the bolt '7 co-operating with said section is loosened orturned outwardly, and when vthe ksection of glass 'has been pivoted to its proper position the bolt is again adjusted or turned inwardly, the inner end thereof bindingl against the adjacent portion ot the clamp, and as 'the bearing pin t, through which the bolt extends is stationary, the 'section oi" glass will be firmly held in its adjusted position.

The clamps A5 at the outer "ends oit the seztions of'ggl'ass areconstruoted the same as the clamps attire 'inner ends 'ofthe sections, except that the-recessesl'rare omitted," but it willqb'e clearlyuiidersteod tl'ia'tjtlie outer clamps may .be provided 'with-the channels p art clamp and the co-operating locking bolts instead ot theclamps lat the inner ends of the sections of Olass.

vaving thus fully described my said iulve'ntion,fwlrat ll'claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. 'In a wind shield a frame, a plurality of sections of transparent material, a twoat `eaclrend of each transparent section, means for locking the parts ot the clamps together, extensions on said clamp sections having' parts overlapping the edges ofthe transparent sections, and cushioning means entered between the edge ot 'the transparent section and the extension on the clamp and lin position for engagement with the overlapping ,part o'tthe adjacent section.

2. The combination with a wind shield frame having a` central bar, and bearing pins projecting through and vbeyond each face otsaid bar, of clamps having sockets fior` the reception of the projecting ends of said pins, the' edges of saidclampsxadjacent said pins having cut outportions forming recesses, sections of glass supported by said clamps, and bolts threaded entirely' through said pins and adapted to bind against the wallsv of saidsockets forholiding'said glass sections in various adjusted' positions, said bolts registering with said recesses.

3. In a'win'd shield, a frame, a plurality ot sections of transparent material within said frame and having their meeting edges overlapping, Va .two-part clamp at each end of said transparent section, one part of the clampv being interiorly of the 'section andthe other eXteri'orly thereof, the exterior part of the clamp terminating below the upper edge of the transparent section and the interior part lterminating above the loweredge of the transparent section, right angular extensions at the upper-end ofthe interior Iparts ot the lclamps and at 'the lower ends o'l lthe exterior parts, overlapping the respective edges of the Atransparent section, and cushioning vmeans im inged between the right angular extension at the lower edge of the transparentv section and said lower edge. n j

In witnesspwhereot', I have hereunto 'set my handv and vseal vat vIndiana olis, Indiana, this 18th' day ot"Deceinbe-i'rl).. D.' nineteen hundred and twenty.

`Witnesses: y

CAREY `Sa.y fFizYn', v 

